Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
First edition
AuthorMarguerite Henry
IllustratorWesley Dennis
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRand McNally (1953)
Aladdin (1991)
Publication date
November 1953
Publication placeUnited States
Pages222
ISBN978-0-689-71485-6 (second printing)
OCLC305533
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNorman Foster
Screenplay byNorman Foster
Based onBrighty of the Grand Canyon
by Marguerite Henry
Produced byStephen F. Booth for Stephen F. Booth Productions
StarringJoseph Cotten
Pat Conway
Dick Foran
Karl Swenson
Dandy Curran
CinematographyTed Saizis
Vincent Saizis
Edited byJoseph Dervin
Music byPhyllis Lavsky
Richard Lavsky
Distributed byFeature Film Corporation of America
Release date
  • July 1967 (1967-07)
Running time
89 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Brighty of the Grand Canyon is a 1953 children's novel by Marguerite Henry and a 1967 film of the same name based on the novel. They present a fictionalized account of a real-life burro named "Brighty", who lived in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River from about 1892 to 1922.